Tokyo stocks close lower ahead of earnings, US data

Tokyo stocks closed lower on Thursday, with investors increasingly cautious ahead of Japan’s earnings season and also eyeing key US economic data due this week, AFP reported.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.12 percent, or 32.26 points, at 27,362.75 at the close, while the broader Topix index lost 0.12 percent, or 2.29 points, to 1,978.40.